The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

World communism is like [a] malignant parasite which feeds on diseased tissue

The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective defense against itself.

Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.

There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.

The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse.

A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.

War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never a source of strength in political affairs.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality, and that, too, will serve as an example for other Asian nations.

Eventually, I moved from a place of anger toward the Jews of Israel toward a place of embrace.

Your body is like a machine, and if you don't keep it in shape, it holds you back. You don't want anything holding you back, especially yourself.

You know what I worry about? I worry that when I hit my head, it pushes my hair into my brain, and it will eventually kill me.

It's a small town; everybody eats in the same cafe; everybody gets their hair cut in the same barber shop. That kind of community building, I think, begins to bridge those gaps.

Man is the ant of the Universe; He is not an important creature, at least at the moment!

I love my people. They have the right to live like any other nation on Earth.

Speak to people according to the development of their consciousness, for if you speak all things to all people, some cannot understand you and so fall into errors!

Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.